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Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) in Drinking Water: What Municipalities Need to Know About Evolving Regulatory Requirements, Health Effects and Cost-Recovery/Affirmative Litigation Options for PFOA and PFOS Contamination.
2017-04-05 13:00 (America/New_York)
Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) in Drinking Water: What Municipalities Need to Know About Evolving Regulatory Requirements, Health Effects and Cost-Recovery/Affirmative Litigation Options for PFOA and PFOS Contamination.
In recent months, PFCs have been discovered in dozens of drinking waters supplies throughout the country resulting in EPA or state mandated multi-million dollar clean-up projects. The source of PFC contamination is typically a manufacturing facility that improperly stored, used or disposed PFC containing materials on-site or an airport or fire-fighting training facility that utilized fire-fighting foam containing PFCs.
In response to the discovery of this recent contamination and the public outcry over health effects associated with PFCs, EPA recently lowered its Health Guidelines for PFCs and states are also beginning to implement their own regulatory response to this growing problem.
This webinar will discuss the extent of the problem, legal and scientific issues relating to remediating drinking water supplies contaminated with PFCs, health effects from PFC exposure and cost-recovery/affirmative litigation options for municipalities whose drinking water supplies are contaminated with PFCs.
Speaker: Kevin Madonna
2017 Distance Learning

Cell Tower Leases
2017-03-27 13:00
Cell Tower Leases
Local governments can generate long term revenues by leasing land, water towers and buildings for cellular communications towers and antennas. The key to a successful lease is the rental terms, plus the right terms and protective conditions so as to avoid potential legal landmines. John Pestle, Esq. and Jonathan Kramer, Esq. are highly experienced local government telecommunications attorneys who regularly craft and enforce municipal cell tower leases. In this 90-minute webinar, they will walk you through the process of dealing with the cell tower providers and their contractors to help get the best financial terms in leases, and identify and avoid the legal landmines commonly found in industry boilerplate provisions, including the risk of accidently triggering property reverters. They will also provide helpful practice pointers about the cell tower leasing and sales process. The program will cover both key aspects of cell leases, and the potential sale by municipalities of such leases, as well as long-term leasing rights. Extensive handouts in PDF format will be provided to participants, which commonly include local government attorneys, city managers and the real estate property managers working for local governments. A lively and interactive Question and Answer session will follow the presentation.
Speakers: John Pestle & Jonathan Kramer
2017 Distance Learning

Protecting Community Cats: Law and Policy Considerations
2017-03-22 13:00
Protecting Community Cats: Law and Policy Considerations
This session will give an overview of definitions and key provisions of local ordinances that can make or break a community cat program. Additional model drafting considerations regarding community cat programs wills be covered. Review and discussion regarding issues commonly related to these ordinances, such as the problem with feeding bans, and progressive nuisance-related provisions. The program will also address state statutory schemes as well as pertinent Federal statutory and regulatory schemes, and how those may affect considerations for ordinance drafting and enforcement.
Speaker: Richard Angelo
2017 Distance Learning

Police
2017-03-20 13:00
Speaker: Jack Ryan
2017 Distance Learning

Getting Energized for Automated Vehicles
2017-03-15 13:00
This webinar will provide an update on the regulatory path being paved with the release of the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy. Presenters will provide an update on federal policy, national legal developments and federal grant opportunities associated with automated vehicles. Additionally, practical guidance will be provided for the safe and successful implementation of shared mobility networks and driverless vehicle technologies into cities, including reducing risks in pilot projects, planning for infrastructure needs, and achieving energy efficiency through advanced transportation technologies. Technology is quickly merging with transportation and our speakers look forward to helping webinar attendees navigate the legal and policy considerations with automated vehicles.
Speakers: Gregory Rodriguez, Steven DeBaun & Ryan Baron
2017 Distance Learning

Fair Housing Act Update
2017-03-13 13:00
Fair Housing Act Update
Speaker: Dwight H. Merriam & Daniel R. Mandelker
2017 Distance Learning

The EEOC’s new Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2017-2021 and How It May Affect Your Workplace
2017-03-08 13:00
The EEOC’s new Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2017-2021 and How It May Affect Your Workplace
Part of the focus of this webinar will be on the protected Classes that the EEOC will be targeting, especially Religion and Ethnicity.
Speaker: Lawrence Lee
2017 Distance Learning

Municipal Liability Claims under 42 USC 1983 – Issues and Concerns
2017-03-01 13:00
Municipal Liability Claims under 42 USC 1983 – Issues and Concerns
“Deliberate Indifference” as a Workable Standard of Conduct for Municipal Liability – Canton v. Harris and its offspring, Canton, Bryan County, and Connick….
Single Incident Monell Liability Threatens to Create Strict Liability in 42 USC 1983 Litigation
• Circuit Court split.
• Expert evidence / testimony can substitute for the policy, pattern or practice, or custom.
How can a personal standard of conduct “deliberate indifference” be superimposed on a municipality in the first place?
Does Los Angeles v. Heller really mean that if there is no individual constitutional violation on the part of the municipality’s employees, then there can be no “municipal” liability under the applicable constitutional standard.
• The “collective conscience” theory of liability.
• Circuit Court split.
How does the 14th Amendment “substitute” for the Eighth Amendment in pre-trial detainee claims against municipalities for failure to protect and conditions of confinement litigation in correctional facilities / jails, etc.
• Traditionally 42 USC 1983 has to be tethered to a “bill of rights” violation, first, fourth, eighth amendment, which have built in standards; 14th amendment is not such a “right” in and of itself.
• State tort law usually serves as the anchor point; 14th amendment claim has no such tether to 42 USC 1983 (so, where’s the tort?)
How can a personal standard of conduct “deliberate indifference” be superimposed on a municipality in the first place?
Individual standards changing, see Kingsley (Roberts statement); Costa coming back up?
• What about subjective / objective after Kingsley
• Fourth Amendment or Fourteenth – failure to protect / excessive force claims and the problem with imposing liability in the correctional environment.
• Is it “clearly established” right, duty, or law? Clearly established and qualified immunity.
• Municipal jails cannot serve as surrogates for mental health treatment facilities.
Speaker: Carson J. Tucker
2017 Distance Learning

Office Management
2017-02-27 13:00
Speaker: Foster Mills
2017 Distance Learning

SMART- San Diego Misdemeanants At-Risk Track
2017-02-22 13:00
SMART- San Diego Misdemeanants At-Risk Track
The SMART pilot program is designed to address low-level misdemeanor offenders who repeatedly cycle through the criminal justice system committing drug and quality of life offenses. These repeat offenders often have no access to services, coordination of care, or meaningful incentives to engage with social service providers. The goal of the SMART program is to safely divert chronic misdemeanor offenders, particularly those who are otherwise resistant to intervention, to a case manager, individualized treatment, and tailored housing placement. It is a collaborative effort between the San Diego City Attorney’s Office, the San Diego Police Department (SDPD), and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office.
Speakers: Lara Easton, Chief Deputy City Attorney, San Diego &Natasha Robertson, Deputy City Attorney, San Diego
2017 Distance Learning

Land Use
2017-02-13 13:00
2017 Distance Learning

Personnel
2017-02-08 13:00
Speakers: Roberta “Robin” Cross
2017 Distance Learning

New Government Lawyers Series Parliamentary Procedure
2017-02-01 13:00
New Government Lawyers Series Parliamentary Procedure
Municipal and county governing boards are often populated with well-meaning public servants who have little or no understanding of parliamentary procedure. Consequently, they may conduct their meetings informally, applying procedural rules loosely and perhaps even inconsistently. This “down-home” approach might appear to work well when the board is dealing with noncontroversial matters. Yet when controversy arises – and it always does – the result can be multiple motions made in rapid succession and members who are confused about what they are being asked to vote on. In such situations, the presiding officer is likely to seek the advice of counsel. This presentation will arm local government attorneys with basic principles of parliamentary procedure, examine the legal sources of those principles, and review common procedural problems.
Speakers: Norma Houston & Trey Allen
2017 Distance Learning

Ethics and Responsibility for New Government Attorneys Part II
2017-01-24 13:00
Intended primarily for young attorneys and those new to municipal law, this presentation provides an overview of laws and rules related to ethics and professional responsibility.
Speakers: Marc P. Hansen & Charles W. Thompson, Jr.
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The Year in Review
2017-01-09 13:00
The Year in Review
While you were messing around last year, paying no attention to the most recent, important statutory and case law developments, our panel of national experts had their noses to their computer monitors and yanked every relevant Tweet off their smartphones. You can have the benefit of their collective knowledge by dialing in to this kickoff session of our annual land-use law teleconference series and getting the highlights of the past year in a way that will help you in 2017.
Speakers: Dwight H. Merriam & Daniel R. Mandelker
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Drones and Drone Licensing Update
2016-12-15 13:00
Drones and Drone Licensing Update
Dr. Gregory S. McNeal will share updates from the FAA’s new rules for flight over people, check in on Part 107’s first six months, and preview the regulatory updates to come in 2017. How will the regulatory landscape shift in the coming year? What is the FAA saying about local drone ordinances and federal preemption?
Speaker: Gregory McNeal
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Show Me the Money – Real Estate Financing
2016-12-14 13:00
Extension on the June 13th Webinar: Land Use – L6
Show Me the Money – Real Estate Financing
FREE*
This free, one-hour presentation will focus on the advantages of public finance to incentivize private development with Public-Private Partnerships (P3).
Speakers: Arthur C. Nelson, Dwight Merriam & Dan Mandelker
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Disparate Impact Liability and the Fair Housing Act
2016-12-12 13:00
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project brought clarity to the question of whether disparate impact liability exists under the Fair Housing Act. Disparate impact looks at discriminatory effects of facially-neutral policies and practices, including zoning laws. In upholding the use of disparate impact, the Supreme Court kept intact one of three ways that local governments can be held liable under the Fair Housing Act, but with some important limitations. This program will review the Inclusive Communities Project case and outcome, and will talk about its implications for local governments.
Speakers: Dwight Merriam, Dan Mandelker & Brian Connolly.
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Ethics and Professional Responsibility for New Government Attorneys
2016-12-05 13:00 - 14:00
December 5- Ethics and Professional Responsibility for New Government Attorneys
Intended primarily for young attorneys and those new to municipal law, this presentation provides an overview of laws and rules related to ethics and professional responsibility.
Speakers: Marc Hansen & Chuck Thompson
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